Ornamental fabric structure



May 3 1927. R LOEB 7, 3

ORNAMENTAL FABRIC STRUCTURE Filed March 1, 1927 2 Shuts-Sheet l INVENTOR: Rudolf L b,

May 3', 1927. R. LOEB oammmu. mama STRUGI'URE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 1, 1927 ItlJ'DOLF LOEB, 0F VENTNOR, NEW JERSEY;

ORNAMENT-AL FABRIC STRUCTURE.

Application filed March 1, 1927. Serial No. 171,855.

My invention relates to ornamental fabric structures, more particularly those such as curtains or similar draperies which. are provided with edged portions of an ornamental character produced by arranging separate sections of material with reference to each other to produce an artistic or ornamental eflect, and one object'of my inven- .tion is to provide an edging strip or rufile material made of two sections of fabric, one of which is narrower than the other; said sections being secured together in superposed position and in such relation with respect to each other that the edge, which may be-a folded edge, of one of the sections projects beyond the edge, which may be a folded' edge, of the other section and gives the effect of piping, and at the same time serves as a facing for the outer section when applied as a ruflie to a section of fabric which may be employed as a curtain, or for other pur oses.

A further ob ect of my invention is to arrange these sections of fabric so as to produce an ornamental edge effect by combining independent sections or strips of material of different character and/or color which are sewn together by a line of stitches directly ad'acent to the edges, which may be folded e ges, formation -of an ed ing or ruffle strip to be subsequently app ied to the margin ofthe material to be ornamented, whereby one ofv said independent strips or sections of ma.- terial-occupies such position with respect to the other independent strip of material that the edge, which may be a turned or folded edge, of said narrow strip projects beyond the edge, which may be a turned or. folded edge, of the other strip; producing an effect of pipingl.

In the preferred/arrangement this duplex strip of material, wherein one edge of each piece may be turned or folded over and the said edges, whichmay be the folded edges with their inturned port-ions adjacent each other are secured together by a line of stitches directly adjacent to said edges,

which may be the folded edges, with one edge, which may be a folded edge, projectin beyond the other edge, which may be a fo ded edge, is made as an entity to be subsequently applied toand form the rufiled edge of a curtain structure; the outer margin .or rawedge of 'the flounce portion of the-wider strip of material forming such posed upon. each of said fabric sections in the border or rufiled edge being hemstitched,

over-stitched, or otherwise prepared to produce a finished effect.

The duplex rufiie strip is secured to the material itis to ornament preferably' by a PATENT OFFICE.

double row of parallel stitches applied at a single operation during the rufliing' by" suitable mechanically operated sewing mechanism; the raw edge of the curtainor other material. receiving T being turned in to eral plies of material being secured together by such double row of stitches.

My present invention comprehends an edging for a body fabric comprising a ruflie structure consisting of an upper strip of material and a lower strip of material superother with anedge of the lower strip projecting beyond the edge of the upper strip to form a the upper strip; the two stri s being secured to each other by a line of stitching'adjacent to the piped edge of the up er strip, and both of the strips being rutiied along the piped edge and secured to the body fabric with the lower strip between the upper strip and the body fabric by a l'neof stitching spaced inwardly of the pip edge and the first line of stitching.

A further feature of my invention is the utilization of strips of different color, that is to say the lower strip of one color and the upper strip of another color; said strips being applied to the body fabric in the manner 'ust described.

'1 ese and other features of my invention are more fully described hereinafter; referthe ornamental edging: enclose and cover the raw edge of the narrower sectlon forming part of the duplex edging strip, and the sevpiped edge for stance, partly broken away, in which the strip of duplex material shown in Figs. 1 and 2, is employed as a ruflled edging, and ig. 4 is a sectional view on the line IV-IV, Fig. 3, partly in perspective.

In Figs. 1 and 2, I have illustrated a strip of duplex material subsequently employed as an ornamental ruffle edging for application to a fabric in the preparation of curtain draperies or other similar structures, which comprises a narrow section of material, in dicated at A, and a wider section of material, indicated at B. The narrow section A, together with the wide section B,' is fed through suitable folding devices constituting sewing machine attachments whereby the edges of both sections of material are turned over and disposed toward each other as indicated at a and b; the turned portion a of the section A being somewhat wider than the turned portion b of the section B, and following the turning operation by the folding guides referred to, the turned edges a and b of the sections A and B, superposed upon each other in the manner indicated by Fig. 2, are presented to a needle for a line of stitching, indicated at 1, directly adjacent to the folded edge of the section B, whereby the two sections are confined together, with the folded edge of the narrow section projecting beyond the folded edge of the broader section to produce thepiped effect.

The duplex strip of material so produced is then presented to a rufiling machine which applies the same to an edge of a piece of curtain fabric indicated at C, and the finished product is clearly shown in Fig. 3, wherein the ornamental ruffle composed of the strip of duplex material made up of the sections A and B, presents the effect of piping by reason of the folded edge a of the section A projecting beyond the folded edge I) of the section B. This duplex strip to form the ruflled edge of the curtain or other fabric structure may be secured thereto by two parallel rows of stitches 2, which may be simultaneously applied by any suitable form of two-needle sewing machine, and these stitches 2 confine the raw edge of the section A, and the turned over edge 0, of the curtain or other fabric structure C, as clearly indicated in Fig. 4:.

The inner portion of the ruffled edging shown in Fig. 3, or that part directly adjacent to the curtain or other fabric structure is duplex; being made up of a portion of the section B and the 'section A, and the latter, in addition to its folded edge forming a piping with respect to the folded edge of said section B, faces the latter and presents a highly ornamental effect in connection with the pipingwhen portions of the narrower part of the rufile turn over and displa such facing, as indicated in Fi 2 an 3. The flounce portion of the ru e, beyond the stitches 2, is formed wholly of the section B, which may have its raw edge hemstitched or bound by a suitable form of overedging stitch, indicated at 3.

B using material of one color or charactor for the section A, and similar material,

but of a diiferent color, or material of another character, for the section B, the efiect of a piped edge is produced by the lateral displacement of the folded edge a of the one section with respect to the folded edge 6 of the other section, and such piped edge produces a highly ornamental effect in connection with the curtains or other articles of fabric with which it may be employed.

While my improved ruffle stri has been described as particularly applica le to curtains and draperies of.v a similar character, it will be understood that its use is not limited to such structures and that it may be used as an ornamental edging for any fabric structure, including pillow and cushion covers, shelf draperies, hangings, and the like, without departing from my invention.

As this application contains matter in common with and divisible from my application for patent filed December 15, 1926, under Serial Number 154,90a, it is to be considered as a continuation of such prior application in so far as the common subjectmatter is concerned.

I claim:

1. An edging for a body fabric comprismg a ruflie structure consisting of an upper strip of material and a lower strip of material superposed upon each other with an edge of the lower.strip projecting beyond the edge of the upper strip to form a piped edge for the upper strip, the two strips beng secured to each other by a line of stitchmg adjacent to the piped edge of the up er strip and both of the strips being ru ed along the piped edge and secured to the body fabric with the lower strip between the upper strip and the body fabric by a line of stitching spaced inwardly of the piped edge and the first line of stitching.

2. An edging for a body fabric comprismg a ruffle structure consisting of an upper strlp of material and a lower strip of material superposed upon each other with a turned edge of the lower strip projecting beyond a turned edge of the upper strip to form a piped edge for the upper strip. the two strips being secured toeach other by a line of stitching adjacent the piped edge of the up er strip and both of the strips being ru ed along the piped edge 'and secured to the body fabric with the lower strip between the upper strip and the body fabric by a line of stitching spaced inwardly of the piped edge and the first line of stitching.

3. An edging for a body fabric comprismg a ruffle structure consisting of an upper strip of material of one color and a lower strip of material of another color superposed upon each other with an edge of the lower strip projecting. beyond the edge of the upper strip to form a piped edge for the upper strip, the two strips being secured to each other by a line of stitching adjacent the piped edge of the u per strip and both of the strips being ruflliid along the piped edge and secured to the body fabric with the lower strip between the upper strip and the body fabric by a line of stitching spaced inwardly of ,the piped edge and the fi st line of stitching.

4. An edging for a body fabric comprising a rufile structure having a free piped edge consisting of an upper strip of material and a lower strip of material superposed upon each other with the lower strip projecting beyond the upper strip toform a piping for the lining the underside of the latter, the two strips being secured to each other by a line of stitching adjacent the free edge of the rufile structure and both of the stri s being rufifled along the free edge of the rufi le structure and secured to the body fabric with the lower strip between the upper strip and the body fabric by a line of stitching spaced inwardly of the piping and the firstline of stitching.

upper strip and facing or In witness whereof I have signed this X specification.

RUDOLF 'LOEB. 

